Inventors:
Richard McConnell - Harrison Township MI, US
International Classification:
G09G005/00
G06F009/00
G06F015/177
US Classification:
717/171000, 345/741000, 709/221000
Abstract:
A system and method for managing the configuration (e.g., patches and other configuration elements) of a plurality of computer-systems, such as servers and the like, is disclosed. The system can include, in some illustrative embodiments, a computer-system configuration monitoring utility that monitors the plurality of computer-systems, a database for storing computer-system configuration data received by the computer-system configuration monitoring utility, a check matrix engine that analyses the stored computer-system configuration data, and a report generating engine that generates configuration reports pertaining to a plurality of the plurality of computer-systems.